The meltdowns at MSNBC have finally had some effect.
Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews are being removed as news anchors for political coverage.
Full story here.
Olbermann is a clinical Bush-hater who should really seek counseling.
Matthews, after suffering sever mental health damage due to his service in the Carter administration, and known for his tingly leg experiences when Obama speaks, will finally be put back where he belongs - in an opinion role, which is all he's capable of.
Quotes:
MSNBC is removing Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews as the anchors of live political events, bowing to growing criticism that they are too opinionated to be seen as neutral in the heat of the presidential campaign.
The move, confirmed by spokesmen for both networks, follows increasingly loud complaints about Olbermann's anchor role at the Democratic and Republican conventions. Olbermann, who regularly assails President Bush and GOP nominee John McCain on his "Countdown" program, was effusive in praising the acceptance speech of Democratic nominee Barack Obama. He drew flak Thursday when the Republicans played a video that included a tribute to the victims of the Sept. 11 attacks, saying that if the networks had done that, "we would be rightly eviscerated at all quarters, perhaps by the Republican Party itself, for exploiting the memories of the dead, and perhaps even for trying to evoke that pain again. If you reacted to that videotape the way I did, I apologize."
Matthews, who has criticized politicians in both parties, drew less criticism for his convention role but became a divisive figure during the primaries when he described how he was inspired by Obama's speeches and made disparaging remarks about Hillary Clinton, for which he later apologized.
More coverage of the Bushbashers, here at The Pantheon Journal.
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